Indian Super League match prediction: Little separates Mumbai City and Bengaluru in quality

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Competition: India Indian Super League
Date: Fri 17.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Mumbai Football Arena (18000 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Mumbai City have their presumed home advantage while Bengaluru are ahead 6 points in the Indian Super League table.

It's no vacation for neither Mumbai City nor Bengaluru as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

It's quite the trip for Bengaluru when visiting Mumbai City as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.

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Mumbai City form and stats

1-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Indian Super League numbers at home for Mumbai City, who have the most conceded goals (12) at home in Indian Super League, so far this season.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 192 minutes without scoring a league goal. M. Sougou was the last player to find the net.

Mumbai City's last game was hosting Bengaluru (placed 2nd) and winning 1-0. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Odisha FC.

Mumbai City has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Mumbai City with 12 goals conceded in these matches.

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Bengaluru form and stats

Playing away, Bengaluru, who have the most clean sheets (7) in Indian Super League, have won 2 games, drawn 3 and suffered 1 defeat in the Indian Super League this season. Bengaluru has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Two away games in a row for Bengaluru, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Mumbai City in the Indian Super League. A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Jamshedpur.

The attacking power of Bengaluru when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. Bengaluru's manager C. Cuadrat has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 3 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Bengaluru - Mumbai City 2-3. Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for Mumbai City, 1 draw and 2 wins for Bengaluru. Over 2,5 goals: 2 times; under 2,5 goals: 3 games.

Top Goalscorers

BengaluruS. Chhetri
S. Chhetri
8 goals
Mumbai CityM. Chermiti
M. Chermiti
4 goals
Mumbai CityP. Sougou
P. Sougou
2 goals

Mumbai City missing players

Bengaluru missing players

Mumbai City Bengaluru
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 1 7 13
5 2 0 Won W 1 2 6
4 1 0 Drew D 0 3 4
4 3 2 Lost L 0 2 3
18 8 2 Scored S 1 5 15
21 12 6 Conceded C 0 4 8
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 85%
77% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 43% 54%
54% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 23%
38% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 8%
23% 33% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
62% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 29% 31%
23% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 43% 54%
23% 17% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 43% 31%
 
4.6 4.2 4.5 Corners For (avg) C F 4 5.7 6.1
5.4 5.2 5 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 5.3 5.7
2.9 2.3 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.5
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
132 64 26 Total Shots T S 8 67 131
57 29 12 Shots on Target S O 3 21 45
32% 28% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 24% 33%
Key stats in Indian Super League this season:
  • Bengaluru has the fewest conceded goals (3) away
  • Bengaluru has the fewest conceded goals (7)
  • Bengaluru has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6)
  • Bengaluru has the fewest points from losing position (-1)
  • Bengaluru has the most clean sheets (7)
  • Bengaluru has the most matches under the total-line (9)
  • Mumbai City has the fewest points (4) at home
  • Mumbai City has the most conceded goals (12) at home
  • Mumbai City has the the worst goal difference (-5) at home
  • Mumbai City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Goa 12 7 3 2 25 14 6 4 1 1 11 3 6 3 2 1 14 11 11 24
2 Bengaluru 12 6 4 2 15 7 6 4 1 1 10 4 6 2 3 1 5 3 8 22
3 Atlético de Kolkata 12 6 3 3 21 10 5 3 1 1 11 4 7 3 2 2 10 6 11 21
4 Odisha FC 13 6 3 4 19 16 6 4 1 1 9 4 7 2 2 3 10 12 3 21
5 Mumbai City 12 4 4 4 17 21 5 1 1 3 7 12 7 3 3 1 10 9 -4 16
6 Chennaiyin 12 4 3 5 16 19 7 3 2 2 12 9 5 1 1 3 4 10 -3 15
7 Kerala Blasters 12 3 5 4 16 15 7 2 4 1 12 8 5 1 1 3 4 7 1 14
8 Jamshedpur 11 3 4 4 13 15 6 2 3 1 8 6 5 1 1 3 5 9 -2 13
9 NorthEast United 11 2 5 4 9 16 5 1 2 2 6 10 6 1 3 2 3 6 -7 11
10 Hyderabad 13 1 2 10 13 31 7 1 2 4 7 11 6 0 0 6 6 20 -18 5

Read more about Indian Super League

The Indian Super League is one of two top level football leagues in India (the other is I-League). It is officially known as the Hero Indian Super League. The season runs from September to March with ten teams playing two fixtures against each other. The top four teams in the league table enter a championship playoff.